{"product_id":"home-at-last","title":"Home at Last","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work of Gil Schafer—one of the world’s leading experts on contemporary traditional architecture—is beloved for its elegance, charm, and strong sense of history and place. Since his last book, Schafer has become a husband and stepfather, a change that has deepened his understanding of how a house must reflect and support the lives of those who live within its walls. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome at Last\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a distillation of what he has learned and how he translates it to his work on houses that are adaptive to the evolution of life, depending upon a family’s needs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book includes homes he has designed in the mist-covered Hudson Valley, on a bluff above Lake Champlain, on the windswept shores of Block Island, and on the coast of Maine. Schafer shares the stories of these houses and their owners, exploring the choices made for architecture and interiors, and reemphasizing his guiding principles: how to create classical buildings that “live modern”; how to adapt buildings to different regions and ways of life; the connection to landscape; why fancy can coexist with simple, and traditional with modern.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith original photography by Eric Piasecki, layered with practical takeaways, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome at Last\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tribute to the power of the American house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Common Ground Distributors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49114832142609,"sku":"CDG-0847899780","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/8497\/1793\/files\/9780847899784.jpg?v=1738271515","url":"https:\/\/shopquintessentials.com\/products\/home-at-last","provider":"Quintessentials","version":"1.0","type":"link"}